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No check policy at pizza place draws ire of Senate leader, blog says

more arrogance...

look for a new law requiring all pizza deliverys to accept cash from legislative leaders.

Sounds like stuff I deal with on a daily basis. When your dealing with finances everyone believes they are the exeption to the rule, and everyone else should have to follow.

Where has Bramble been for the past 10 years? Cash/Charge are the best things when ordering from restaurants. Debit cards are all the rage, Senator! Come into the 21st Century and get your plastic out for these purchases!

I now know for sure who NOT to reelect to Bramble's position.

Good grief. Look around. It's been cash or card for years at most places.

What a dumb decision on Bramble's part.

I would normally disagree with Bramble since I don't share his political views but Bramble is correct. The Pizza company expects a person to give someone they haven't met their name, and details of their credit card but can't trust someone to write a check.

This is why I only order Pizza online if I don't have cash. I refuse to give my credit card information to someone over the phone when I can't verify that they don't keep the information for later illegal purposes.

How many of us would like to have some of our temper-tantrums blogged by sales associates/clerks/pizza delivery people? ... I am glad mine aren't!

More hubris from the secretary-general of Utah's only political party.

You voted 'em in, Utah.

Sen. Bramble--you tried to purchase a legal product and were frustrated by a policy you did not understand and could not control.

Please take your sense of frustration, multiply it one-hundred-fold, and then try to understand how this state's drinkers feel about the alcohol policies imposed by you and your colleagues.

Thank you.

Bramble and his buddies are constantly writing checks that no one wants to cash...East Jordan School District,RSL soccer stadiums, Broadway style theaters, private school vouchers, pizza delivery people....

The blog post, tells us a lot about the kind of person Bramble is: Short-tempered, arrogant, unreasonable, disrespectful and not the type of person I want representing me. I also think it's telling that he says he isn't from Utah but from the East. Chicago isn't exactly East but it's clear he sees himself as being more a Chicago style politician than representing Utah values of kindness and public service. The sad thing too is I hear stories like this all the time about Bramble as he works with people in the legislature and his district. I'm glad someone finally captured how he behaves.

Yes, Utah voted him in but he is up for re-election with a strong candidate running against him, RaDene Hatfield. We certainly don't have to vote him back in, especially not when we have a good alternative.

We pay for pizza delivery by cash, credit, and yes, by check. What's the big deal about a check?

Rules aren't for Republicans.

Those silly things are for the little people.

He actually thought that telling this girl he was a "respected politician" was going to get her to break on company policy and accept a check? That was by far the best part.

People still write checks?

You can tell D-news has nothing to write about when they make this a story, but anyway.. I'm not from Utah either, and most restaurants I go to don't take checks either. I honestly don't thinks it's a Utah thing..

Providing credit card information is actually safer than paying with a check. The Bank Routing Number and Account Number from the bottom of a personal check can be used to commit fraud similar to what can be done with a credit card. It is much easier to contest a credit card charge than an ACH draft against your back account. Never, ever give anyone your debit card information.

Aside from Grocery Stores, almost no retailers accept checks anymore. The amount of bad checks written in this state is astronomical.

I have to agree. Utah Republicans only follow rules that make sense to them or that they passed. What would Mr. Bramble say if a business doesn't take American Express? "American Express is as good as cash! Take the pizza's back"

Please vote for change in Utah. Having so many Utah repubs running around is getting old and expensive.

It'll be interesting to see what Bramble and the Utah repubs do to check writing laws in Utah and pizza delivery stores in Utah (county) such as... Members of the State Legislature who are Republican shall be able to write checks to pizza stores for pizza and drinks and breadsticks. Democrats must use credit cards when ordering but they can only order breadsticks.

Please vote for good people, from the GOP or the dems but we must have some change...please....help us...

Real World, meet Sentator Bramble.
Senator Bramble, welcome to the world of everyday people.